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dis-assemble
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take apart |
| Synonyms: | dismantle, knock down |
| Notes: | dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart |
| Main Entry: | break up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | end relationship, activity |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, put an end to, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate |
| Antonyms: | reconcile |
| Main Entry: | detach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconnect, cut off |
| Synonyms: | abstract, disaffiliate, disassemble, disassociate, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, take apart, tear off, uncouple, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite |
| Main Entry: | dismantle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take apart |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bankrupt, bare, break down, break up, decimate, demolish, denudate, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, fell, knock down, level, part out, pull down, raze, ruin, strike, strip, subvert, take down, take to pieces, tear down, undo, unrig, wrack, wreck |
| Antonyms: | assemble, build, combine, construct, put together, raise |
| Main Entry: | dismember |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut into pieces |
| Synonyms: | amputate, anatomize, cripple, disassemble, disjoint, dislimb, dislocate, dismantle, dismount, dissect, divide, maim, mutilate, part, rend, sever, sunder, take down |
| Antonyms: | join |
| Main Entry: | tear down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, raze |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bulldoze, crush, decimate, devastate, devour, dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, flatten, knock down, level, obliterate, pulverize, ruin, smash, take apart, total*, trash*, wipe off the map, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cannibalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | salvage |
| Synonyms: | disassemble, dismantle, strip for repair |
| Main Entry: | uncouple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detach |
| Synonyms: | abstract, disaffiliate, disassemble, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose*, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, take apart, tear off, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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